Lantana plant named &#39;VOLLAN 1138&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Lantana  plant named ‘VOLLAN 1138’, characterized by its compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form; early and freely flowering habit; flowers that are bright yellow in color; and good garden performance.

Botanical designation: Lantana camara.

Cultivar denomination: ‘VOLLAN 1138’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Lantana plant, botanically known as Lantana camara and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘VOLLAN 1138’.

The new Lantana plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Muenster, Germany. The objective of the breeding program is to create new mounding and freely-branching Lantana plants with early and freely flowering habit and attractive flower coloration.

The new Lantana plant originated from an open-pollination in 2010 in Muenster, Germany of an unnamed proprietary selection of Lantana camara, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with an unknown selection of Lantana camara as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Lantana plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated open-pollination in a controlled greenhouse environment in Muenster, Germany in 2012.

Asexual reproduction of the new Lantana plant by terminal cuttings in a controlled greenhouse environment in Muenster, Germany since 2013 has shown that the unique features of this new Lantana plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Lantana have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘VOLLAN 1138’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘VOLLAN 1138’ as a new and distinct Lantana plant:

-   -   1. Compact, upright to outwardly spreading and mounding plant         habit.     -   2. Freely branching growth habit; dense and bushy plant form.     -   3. Early and freely flowering habit.     -   4. Flowers that are bright yellow in color.     -   5. Good garden performance.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the female parent selection. Plants of the new Lantana differ primarily from plants of the female parent selection in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Lantana are not as trailing as plants of         the female parent selection.     -   2. Plants of the new Lantana are more freely flowering than         plants of the female parent selection.     -   3. Plants of the new Lantana and the female parent selection         differ in flower color as plants of the female parent selection         have flowers that are initially yellow in color and with         development become orange in color.

Plants of the new Lantana can be compared to plants of the Lantana camara ‘DANTAN30’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 25,506. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Lantana differ from plants of ‘DANTAN30’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Lantana are more compact than and not as         spreading and trailing as plants of ‘DANTAN30’.     -   2. Plants of the new Lantana have larger inflorescences than         plants of ‘DANTAN30’.     -   3. Plants of the new Lantana and ‘DANTAN30’ differ in flower         color and flowers of plants of ‘DANTAN30’ are initially yellow         in color and with development become orange and red in color.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

The accompanying colored photograph illustrates the overall appearance of the new Lantana plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photograph may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the colors of the new Lantana plant. The photograph is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘VOLLAN 1138’ grown in a container.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photograph and following observations and measurements describe plants grown during the spring in 12-cm containers in a glass-covered greenhouse in Muenster, Germany and under commercial practices typical of commercial Lantana production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 18° C. to 25° C., night temperatures ranged from 15° C. to 18° C. and light levels ranged from 5 to 65 klux. Plants were pinched two to three weeks after planting and were six months old when the photograph and the description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, Sixth Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Lantana camara ‘VOLLAN 1138’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Unnamed proprietary selection of             Lantana camara, not patented.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Unknown selection of Lantana             camara, not patented. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By terminal cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About one to two weeks at             temperatures ranging from about 20° C. to 25° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About two to three weeks at             temperatures ranging from about 15° C. to 23° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About three             weeks at temperatures ranging from about 20° C. to 25° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About 30 days             at temperatures ranging from about 15° C. to 23° C.         -   Root description.—Fibrous; fine in thickness.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Compact, upright to outwardly             spreading and mounding plant habit; moderately vigorous             growth habit and moderate growth rate.         -   Plant height.—About 32 cm.         -   Plant diameter.—About 36 cm to 43 cm. -   Lateral branch description:     -   -   Branching habit.—Freely branching habit with about three to             five primary lateral branches developing per plant; each             primary lateral branch with potentially two secondary             lateral branches developing at every node; pinching enhances             lateral branch development.         -   Length.—About 19 cm to 30 cm.         -   Diameter.—About 4 mm to 6 mm.         -   Internode length.—About 1.8 cm to 2.5 cm.         -   Strength.—Strong.         -   Texture.—Pubescent; rough, coarse; longitudinally ridged;             woody towards the base.         -   Color, developing stems.—Close to 143B.         -   Color, developed stems.—Close to 199B to 199C. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite, simple.         -   Length.—About 2 cm to 8.5 cm.         -   Width.—About 1 cm to 4 cm.         -   Shape.—Oval.         -   Apex.—Acute.         -   Base.—Obtuse.         -   Margin.—Serrate.         -   Texture and luster, upper surface.—Smooth, glabrous;             somewhat leathery; matte.         -   Texture, lower surface.—Pubescent; rough; matte.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate; arcuate to reticulate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper and lower surfaces: Close to             144A. Fully expanded leaves, upper surface: Close to 136A;             venation, close to 144A. Fully expanded leaves, lower             surface: Close to 137A; venation, close to 138D.         -   Petiole length.—About 2 cm.         -   Petiole diameter.—About 1.5 mm.         -   Petiole texture, upper and lower surfaces.—Pubescent, hairs             minute; coarse.         -   Petiole color, upper and lower surfaces.—Close to 141D. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower arrangement and flowering habit.—Solitary tubular to             somewhat salverform flowers arranged in terminal and             axillary hemispherical umbels; flowers face mostly upward or             outward; freely flowering habit with about 50 flowers             developing per inflorescence and numerous inflorescences             developing per plant during the flowering season.         -   Natural flowering season.—Early flowering habit, plants             begin flowering about 10 to 16 weeks after planting; long             flowering period, plants of the new Lantana flower             continuously from spring to autumn in Germany.         -   Flower longevity on the plant.—About 7 to 10 days; flowers             not persistent.         -   Fragrance.—Strongly fragrant; spicy.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 3.5 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 4.5 cm.         -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, corolla fused,             four-parted; flowers are sessile. Diameter: About 8 mm to             10 mm. Depth (height): About 1.5 cm to 2 cm. Throat             diameter: About 2 cm. Tube length: About 1 cm. Tube             diameter: About 1.5 mm.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 8 mm. Diameter: About 3 mm.             Shape: Tubular. Color: Close to 145A.         -   Corolla.—Arrangement: Single whorl of four fused petals.             Petal lobe length: About 5 mm. Petal lobe width: About 7 mm.             Petal lobe shape: Obovate. Petal lobe apex: Obtuse. Petal             margin: Entire, ruffled. Petal texture, upper surface:             Smooth, glabrous. Petal texture, lower surface: Pubescent.             Throat and tube texture: Pubescent. Color: When opening,             upper and lower surfaces: Close to 12A. Fully opened, upper             and lower surfaces: Close to 12A and 14A; color does not             change with development. Throat and tube: Close to 4D.         -   Calyx.—Appearance: Tubular calyx with four fused sepals.             Length: About 5 mm. Diameter: About 1 mm. Sepal apex:             Broadly acute. Sepal margin: Entire. Sepal texture, inner             and outer surfaces: Pubescent. Sepal color, inner and outer             surfaces: Close to 135B.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 3.5 cm. Diameter: About 1.5 mm.             Strength: Strong. Texture: Pubescent; rough. Color: Close to             143B.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement: Four             per flower, adnate to floral tube. Filament length: Less             than 1 mm. Filament color: Close to 1D. Anther length: About             1 mm. Anther shape: Ovoid, bi-lobed. Anther color: Close to             162A. Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color: Close to 162A.             Pistils: Quantity: One per flower. Pistil length: About             3 mm. Stigma shape: Funnel-shaped. Stigma color: Close to             145B. Style length: About 2 mm. Style color: Close to 145D.             Ovary color: Close to 145D. Fruits and seeds: Fruit and seed             development have not been observed on plants of the new             Lantana. -   Garden performance: Plants of the new Lantana have been observed to     have good garden performance and to tolerate wind, rain and     temperatures ranging from about 4° C. to about 33° C. -   Pathogen & pest tolerance: Plants of the new Lantana have not been     observed to be tolerant to pathogens and pests common to Lantana     plants. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Lantana plant named ‘VOLLAN 1138’ as illustrated and described. 